Streptococcus porcinus (DSM 20725, ATCC 43138, NCTC 10999)

Name: Streptococcus porcinus (DSM 20725, ATCC 43138, NCTC 10999)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 14752

Type strain

Strain Designation 176

Culture col. no. DSM 20725 ATCC 43138 NCTC 10999 176 CIP 103218 2 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 1340

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG CIP

History DSMZ <- NCTC <- Cross-Infection Reference Laboratory, PHLS Colindale <- J. Jelinková, 176 (Streptococcus sp. group V) CIP <- 1988, NCTC <- 1975, Cross Infect. Ref. Lab., Colindale, UK <- 1968, J. Jelinkova, Prague, Czechoslovakia: strain 176

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Streptococcus porcinus 176 is a microaerophile, Gram-positive, coccus-shaped human pathogen that was isolated from haemorrhagic swine lymph nodes.

Gram-positive coccus-shaped microaerophile human pathogen genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 8057

LMG 15980,ATCC 43138,CCM 6043,CCRC 14751,CCUG 27628,CIP 103218,DSM 20725,NCTC 10999,CCUG 41363,BCRC 14751,CNCTC 6702

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:28:22

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacillota

Class Bacilli

Order Lactobacillales

Family Streptococcaceae

Genus Streptococcus

Species Streptococcus porcinus

Full scientific name Streptococcus porcinus Collins et al. 1985

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Streptococcus porcinus** (19)	Type strain
135538	S. porcinus 7155A, SS-1057, CIP 104389
135541	S. porcinus SS-995, A1, CIP 104387
135542	S. porcinus 5916T, SS-997, CIP 104388
136302	S. porcinus SS-9, K129, CIP 104384
136304	S. porcinus SS-740, U-10, CIP 104385
136305	S. porcinus SS-1024, A127, CIP 104386
139241	S. porcinus 54/851, CIP 104338, ATCC 14024, NCTC 9824, ...
145085	S. porcinus CCUG 27626
145086	S. porcinus CCUG 27627, CNCTC 1/70
145087	S. porcinus CCUG 27629, CNCTC 3/77, CCM 6139
145490	S. porcinus CCUG 28681
153030	S. porcinus CCUG 48355
153031	S. porcinus CCUG 48356
153032	S. porcinus CCUG 48357
153033	S. porcinus CCUG 48358
153034	S. porcinus CCUG 48359
153035	S. porcinus CCUG 48360
153036	S. porcinus CCUG 48361
153037	S. porcinus CCUG 48362

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
121945	positive	coccus-shaped

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
9035	COLUMBIA BLOOD MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 693)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: COLUMBIA BLOOD MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 693) Composition: Defibrinated sheep blood 50.0 g/l Columbia agar base
9035	TRYPTICASE SOY YEAST EXTRACT MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 92)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: TRYPTICASE SOY YEAST EXTRACT MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 92) Composition: Trypticase soy broth 30.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Yeast extract 3.0 g/l Distilled water
40526	MEDIUM 6 - Columbia agar with 10 % horse blood		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Columbia agar (39.000 g);Horseblood (100.000 ml)
121945	CIP Medium 6	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
9035	positive	growth	37
40526	positive	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
9035	microaerophile
121945	facultative anaerobe
125439	facultative anaerobe	95.128

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125439		92.9

Murein

@ref	Murein short key	Type
9035	A11.05	A3alpha L-Lys-L-Ala₂

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68371	27613 ChEBI	amygdalin	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18305 ChEBI	arbutin	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	29016 ChEBI	arginine	+	hydrolysis	from API rID32STR
68371	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17108 ChEBI	D-arabinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	18333 ChEBI	D-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68371	18333 ChEBI	D-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28847 ChEBI	D-fucose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	12936 ChEBI	D-galactose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	62318 ChEBI	D-lyxose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	+	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68371	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	+	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68371	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17924 ChEBI	D-sorbitol	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	16443 ChEBI	D-tagatose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68371	16443 ChEBI	D-tagatose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17113 ChEBI	erythritol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16813 ChEBI	galactitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28066 ChEBI	gentiobiose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68371	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15443 ChEBI	inulin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68371	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18403 ChEBI	L-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18287 ChEBI	L-fucose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	62345 ChEBI	L-rhamnose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17266 ChEBI	L-sorbose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	65328 ChEBI	L-xylose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	17716 ChEBI	lactose	+	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68371	17716 ChEBI	lactose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68371	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68371	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	43943 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-mannoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	320055 ChEBI	methyl beta-D-glucopyranoside	+	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68371	74863 ChEBI	methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	59640 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
121945	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
121945	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	+/-	reduction
68371	0 ChEBI	Potassium 2-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	0 ChEBI	Potassium 5-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	27941 ChEBI	pullulan	+	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68371	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15963 ChEBI	ribitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17814 ChEBI	salicin	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	30911 ChEBI	sorbitol	+	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68371	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	+	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68371	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	32528 ChEBI	turanose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API rID32STR
68371	17151 ChEBI	xylitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
68381	15688 ChEBI	acetoin		from API rID32STR
121945	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test
68381	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	+	from API rID32STR

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
68381	Alanyl-Phenylalanyl-Proline arylamidase	+		from API rID32STR
68381	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API rID32STR
68382	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-chymotrypsin	+	3.4.21.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	from API zym
68381	alpha-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.22	from API rID32STR
68382	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	from API zym
68382	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20	from API zym
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
68381	arginine dihydrolase	+	3.5.3.6	from API rID32STR
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
68381	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API rID32STR
68381	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API rID32STR
68382	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68381	beta-glucuronidase	+	3.2.1.31	from API rID32STR
68382	beta-glucuronidase	+	3.2.1.31	from API zym
68381	beta-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.25	from API rID32STR
121945	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.3	from API zym
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
68381	glycyl tryptophan arylamidase	-		from API rID32STR
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
68382	lipase (C 14)	+		from API zym
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		from API zym
68381	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	-	3.4.19.3	from API rID32STR
68382	trypsin	+	3.4.21.4	from API zym
68381	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API rID32STR
121945	urease	-	3.5.1.5
68382	valine arylamidase	+		from API zym

API zym

@ref	Control	Alkaline phosphatase	Esterase (C 4)	2-naphtyl caprylateEsterase Lipase (C 8)	Lipase (C 14)	L-leucyl-2-naphthylamideLeucine arylamidase	L-valyl-2-naphthylamideValine arylamidase	L-cystyl-2-naphthylamideCystine arylamidase	Trypsin	alpha- Chymotrypsin	Acid phosphatase	Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphateNaphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	alpha- Galactosidase	beta- Galactosidase	beta- Glucuronidase	alpha- Glucosidase	beta- Glucosidase	N-acetyl-beta- glucosaminidase	alpha- Mannosidase	alpha- Fucosidase
121945	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-

API 50CHac

@ref	ControlQ	GLY	ERY	DARA	LARA	RIB	DXYL	LXYL	ADO	MDX	GAL	GLU	FRU	MNE	SBE	RHA	DUL	INO	MAN	SOR	MDM	MDG	NAG	AMY	ARB	ESC	SAL	CEL	MAL	LAC	MEL	SAC	TRE	INU	MLZ	RAF	AMD	GLYG	XLT	GEN	TUR	LYX	TAG	DFUC	LFUC	DARL	LARL	GNT	2KG	5KG
121945	not determinedn.d.	+/-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	+/-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	-	+/-	-	+/-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

API rID32STR

@ref	ADH (Arg)	beta GLU	beta GAR	beta GUR	alpha GAL	PAL	RIB	MAN	SOR	LAC	TRE	RAF	SAC	LARA	DARL	Acid from alpha-cyclodextrinCDEX	Acetoin production (Voges Proskauer test)VP	Alanyl-Phenylalanyl-Proline arylamidaseAPPA	beta GAL	Pyrrolidonyl arylamidasePyrA	N-Acetyl-glucosaminidasebeta NAG	Glycyl-tryptophan arylamidaseGTA	HIP	GLYG	PUL	MAL	MEL	MLZ	Acidification of methyl beta-D-glucopyranosideMbeta DG	TAG	beta MAN	URE
9035	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	-
9035	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	-
9035	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host	#Mammals	#Suidae (Pig,Swine)
#Host Body-Site	#Organ	#Lymph node

Isolation

@ref	Sample type
9035	haemorrhagic swine lymph nodes
121945	Animal, Swine, hemorrhagic lymph node

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity human	Pathogenicity animal	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
9035			2	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
121945			2	Risk group (French classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
66792	42206_H01 assembly for Streptococcus porcinus NCTC10999	complete	GCA_900475415	1340.4	2808606634	1340	98.19

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	Streptococcus porcinus DNA for 16S rRNA, strain ATCC 43138, NCTC 10999	AB002523	1496	1340
20218	Streptococcus porcinus strain BCRC 14751 16S-23S ribosomal RNA intergenic spacer, partial sequence	DQ204498	542	1340
124043	Streptococcus porcinus strain DSM 20725 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence 16S-23S ribosomal RNA intergenic spacer, complete sequence and 23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	MK330584	4558	1340
124043	Streptococcus porcinus strain DSM 20725 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	MK330542	1280	1340

GC content

9035

GC-content (mol%)37.1

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: 42206_H01 assembly for Streptococcus porcinus NCTC10999
BV-BRC: 1340.4

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	facultative anaerobe	95.13	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	74.63	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	71.50	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	92.90	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Streptococcus porcinus NCTC10999
NCBI: GCA_900475415.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	85.09	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	86.37	yes
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	97.78	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	85.34	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	95.25	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	89.50	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Culturomics of the pig tonsil microbiome identifies new species and an untapped source of novel antimicrobials.	de Oliveira IMF, Fredriksen S, Gutierrez MF, Harmsen HJM, Boekhorst J, van Baarlen P, Wells JM.	Microbiome	10.1186/s40168-025-02064-3	2025
Enzymology	Comparative genomics of Rothia species reveals diversity in novel biosynthetic gene clusters and ecological adaptation to different eukaryotic hosts and host niches.	Oliveira IMF, Ng DYK, van Baarlen P, Stegger M, Andersen PS, Wells JM.	Microb Genom	10.1099/mgen.0.000854	2022
Enzymology	Isolation and characteristics of multi-drug resistant Streptococcus porcinus from the vaginal secretions of sow with endometritis.	Wang Y, Guo H, Bai Y, Li T, Xu R, Sun T, Lu J, Song Q.	BMC Vet Res	10.1186/s12917-020-02365-9	2020
Enzymology	Evaluation of a novel real-time PCR test based on the ssrA gene for the identification of group B streptococci in vaginal swabs.	Wernecke M, Mullen C, Sharma V, Morrison J, Barry T, Maher M, Smith T.	BMC Infect Dis	10.1186/1471-2334-9-148	2009
Phylogeny	Evaluation of methods for identification and determination of the taxonomic status of strains belonging to the Streptococcus porcinus-Streptococcus pseudoporcinus complex isolated from animal, human, and dairy sources.	Shewmaker PL, Steigerwalt AG, Whitney AM, Morey RE, Graziano JC, Facklam RR, Musser KA, Merquior VL, Teixeira LM.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.01481-12	2012
Enzymology	Streptococcus porcinus as a cause of spontaneous preterm human stillbirth.	Martin C, Fermeaux V, Eyraud JL, Aubard Y.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.42.9.4396-4398.2004	2004
	Immunochromatographic detection of the group B streptococcus antigen from enrichment cultures.	Matsui H, Kimura J, Higashide M, Takeuchi Y, Okue K, Cui L, Nakae T, Sunakawa K, Hanaki H.	Clin Vaccine Immunol	10.1128/cvi.00171-13	2013
Phylogeny	Phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of Streptococcus porcinus isolated from human sources.	Duarte RS, Barros RR, Facklam RR, Teixeira LM.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.43.9.4592-4601.2005	2005
	Multilocus sequence typing of Mycoplasma hyorhinis strains identified by a real-time TaqMan PCR assay.	Tocqueville V, Ferre S, Nguyen NH, Kempf I, Marois-Crehan C.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.03437-13	2014
Enzymology	Multiplex PCR assay for detection of Streptococcus suis species and serotypes 2 and 1/2 in tonsils of live and dead pigs.	Marois C, Bougeard S, Gottschalk M, Kobisch M.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.42.7.3169-3175.2004	2004
Phylogeny	Description and evaluation of the semiautomated 4-hour rapid ID 32 Strep method for identification of streptococci and members of related genera.	Freney J, Bland S, Etienne J, Desmonceaux M, Boeufgras JM, Fleurette J.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.30.10.2657-2661.1992	1992
Phylogeny	Streptococcus pseudoporcinus sp. nov., a novel species isolated from the genitourinary tract of women.	Bekal S, Gaudreau C, Laurence RA, Simoneau E, Raynal L.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.02707-05	2006

References

#9035	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 20725
#20215	Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M.: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. IJSEM ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 )
#20218	Verslyppe, B., De Smet, W., De Baets, B., De Vos, P., Dawyndt P.: StrainInfo introduces electronic passports for microorganisms.. Syst Appl Microbiol. 37: 42 - 50 2014 ( DOI 10.1016/j.syapm.2013.11.002 , PubMed 24321274 )
#40526	; Curators of the CIP;
#66792	Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmann: Automatically annotated for the DiASPora project (Digital Approaches for the Synthesis of Poorly Accessible Biodiversity Information) .
#68371	Automatically annotated from API 50CH acid .
#68381	Automatically annotated from API rID32STR .
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#121945	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 103218
#124043	Isabel Schober, Julia Koblitz: Data extracted from sequence databases, automatically matched based on designation and taxonomy .
#125438	Julia Koblitz, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Rüdiger Pukall, Jörg Overmann: Predicting bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets. 2024 ( DOI 10.1101/2024.08.12.607695 )
#125439	Philipp Münch, René Mreches, Martin Binder, Hüseyin Anil Gündüz, Xiao-Yin To, Alice McHardy: deepG: Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 .
#126262	A. Lissin, I. Schober, J. F. Witte, H. Lüken, A. Podstawka, J. Koblitz, B. Bunk, P. Dawyndt, P. Vandamme, P. de Vos, J. Overmann, L. C. Reimer: StrainInfo—the central database for linked microbial strain identifiers. ( DOI 10.1093/database/baaf059 )

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Streptococcus porcinus (DSM 20725, ATCC 43138, NCTC 10999)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Murein

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API zym

API 50CHac

API rID32STR

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_900475415

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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